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JOSIAH OADHOUDT, OF ST, ANTHOYS FALLS, MINNESOTA; Leners Patent No. 64,789, dated M@ '14, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT 1N conn-HARVESTERS.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, JOSIAH OADHOUDT, of St. Ant'honys Falls, in the county of Hennepin,-and"State of Minnesota, have invented a new and improved Corn-Harvester; andI do hereby ldeclare' that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure'l is a side sectional view of my invention taken in the line :L' x, fig. 2.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same. Q

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This inventionrelatesto a new and improved device for harvesting corn, that is, cutting down the standing stalks and depositing the same in proper-sized gavels upon theield.

The invention consists in the peculiar form of knives or cutters employedfor cutting the corn, and also in an improved dropping or discharging mechanism, and in'a peculiar reel for presenting the corn to the knives or cutters and discharging it upon the droppers, all arranged ashereinaftershown and described, whereby the desired work may he done very ekpeditiously and in a perfect manner. i

A represents a rectangular frame, which is mounted on two wheels, B B, and has thills, C C, attached to it. To the front part of this frameA there are attached.. at each side two batrs, D D, which slightiy 'diverge from each other, from their inner to their outer ends, and to the under sides of each pair of bars D D there are attached cutters E E, the front ends of which are secured by rivets,- a, to the lfront ends ofithe bars D D, and

vthe inner ends connected by a rivet, b. The cutters E of each pair are disposed in thetorm ot' a V, as shown clearly in fig. 2. The cutters E are fixed or immovable, a pair being at each side of the thills, as shown in iig'. 2. To each side ofthe frame A, near itis front part, there is attached an upright, F, the upper ends of which bars c, which are curved, the central parts of thc bars e being convex at their front'or i'ace sides, and the.ends of said bars, at the points where they are attached to the arms (Z, being concave. To`the rear part of the t'rame A there are attached two oblique bars, G G, which'extend forward to the front end of frame A, thev space between the front ends of said bars being greater than the space between the rear cn'ds,'as shown in iig. 2; and in the frame A there are placed longitudinally two bars c e', which have parallel arms, l#projecting from their inner sides, each armf having a bar, g, pivoted in it. The pivoted bars g rest upon rods H, fitted longitudinally in the frame A, and the rear ends ot' the bars e e are provided each with a crank, it, which are connected by bars I I to a lever, J, which is pivoted to the upper end of an upright, K, on the rear part ot' the frame-A, the outer end of said lever being connected by a bar, L, with the rear end ot` a lever, M, the front end of whichis pivoted to the left-hand reel support or upright F. This lever M is formed with a yoke, N, within which 'a cam, O, on one of the wheels, B, works. The reel F* is driven by a band from a pulley on the other wheel B. As the implement is drawn along, the cutters E E cut the standing stalks, the horse walking between the rows, and the cutters E being in line with and operating upon two adjoining rows. The rcel F* presents the standing stalks to the cutters, and also throws them upon the pivoted bars y, the curved bars e effecting that result, the oblique bars G G serving as guides for the severed or cut stalks. The pivoted hars g are, at short intervals, tilted, so as to discharge the cut stalks; in conscquence o i'A the cam O acting upon lever M, the latter, through the medium of the bar It, lever J, bars I I, and cranks L actuating the bars g, s0 that the stalks will bc dis- A charged at properintervals upon the ground. The device is extremely simple and efficient, and will etecta great saving in time and labor. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim .as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The frame A, with its oblique guides G G, reel Fl, constructedV as set forth, cutters E E, attached` to the oars D D, each side of the thills C C, and the pivoted arms :gg g for dropping the corn, when constructed. arranged, and operating inthe manner substantially as and for the purposes herein specified.

JOSIAH OADHOUDT.

Witnesses.:

L. C.- SMITH, DAN. M. Drunen.

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